Ten songs with words by Thomas Hardy and music by Gerald Finzi
Childhood among the ferns; Before and after summer; The self-unseeing; Overlooking the river; Channel firing; In the mind's eve; The too short time; Epeisodia: Amabel; He abjures love sung by George Pizzey (baritone) with Josephine Lee (piano)
A picture of Delphi past and present
Written and produced by Louis MacNeice
The most famous of all oracles was set up by the Greeks on the most impressive of sites. Its history involves both the poetry of legend and the cold facts of diplomacy. This programme ranges through many centuries, ending with the Delphic Festival in August 1951, which is iUustrated by recordings made on the spot. See ' Both Sides of the Microphone
Arnaldo Estrella (piano) BBC Scottish Orchestra (Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )
Conductor, Ian Whyte
A political and military analysis by Chester Wilmot
The speaker examines the diplomatic and strategic origins of the present situation in Europe, and considers how Russia came to replace Germany as the dominant power on the Continent. Mr. Wilmot is author of the recently published book 'The Struggle for Europe.'
To be repeated on February 3
Nancy Evans (mezzo-soprano)
Olive Zorian (violin)
London Chamber Singers
London Chamber Orchestra
(Leader, Andrew Cooper )
Conductor, Anthony Bernard
Coro del Maggi , for mixed chorus and orchestra
Tristia, Op. 18:
No. 1: Meditation religieuse, for mixed chorus and orchestra
No. 2: Ballade sur la mort d'Ophelie. for female chorus and orchestra
La Captive, Op. 12, for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
Reverie et Caprice, Op. 8, for violin and orchestra
Songs from Les Nuits d'Eté,Op. 7:
Villanelle; Absence; Le spectre de la rose; L'lle inconnue
Sara la baigneuse . Op. 11, for triple chorus and orchestra
First of two programmes, arranged by Humphrey Searle , of Berlioz' shorter works. Second programme-February 3
Arthur Jacobs writes on page 13
Talk by G. F. Hudson
Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford
In the light of some new evidence the speaker suggests that More's story of the Portuguese mariner in Antwerp who first told him about Utopia may have been founded on fact.
Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano)
London Harpsichord Ensemble:,
John Francis (flute)
Manoug Parikian (violin)
Hans Geiger (violin) Bernard Davis (viola)
Ambrose Gauntlett (cello)
Millicent Silver (harpsichord)